Media Pitch 2021

29 May (Sat) 11:00am – 12:00pm

Watch the five finalists of AFCC’s media pitch from Singapore and abroad going head-to head with one another as they pitch their media projects to a panel of industry veterans in the kids content space for the chance of developing their concept further. Watch as experts from Nickelodeon, WarnerMedia, 腾讯 (Tencent) and Discovery Kids share their insights with the hopeful finalists. Expect sketches, storyboards, and lots of refreshing new ideas for children’s content.

PANELLISTS

CARLENE TAN

WarnerMedia

KAREN TANG

Nickelodeon

UTTAM PAL SINGH

Discovery Kids

JAMES LIU

腾讯 (Tencent) Media

NICHOLAS OH

Mediacorp

MENTORS

ANTONY GUSSCOTT (New Zealand)

Antony uses his 14 years of expertise to run a creative consultancy firm, Sprinkles on Top, that has worked with over 40 animation series worldwide. Sprinkles on Top helps clients to create: Writers Bibles, Pitching Materials, Show Bibles, Branding Guides and Pilots and aids the pre-production process of animation shows while assisting clients in pitch their series to the global market.

ROB MIDDLETON (UK)

Rob’s had a hand in music television, children’s programming, movie channels to business news and hasn’t lost a finger yet. Along the way, he’s mentored more than a few of Asia’s promo kings and queens. Dirty as it sounds, you’d need three hands to count the Rocket Award winners that have passed through his system. And on top of all that, he’s Asia’s leading voice over…just ask him.

TANG CHI SIM (Singapore)

Chi Sim is the founder and CEO of Omens Studios, a CG animation studio based in Singapore with offices in Malaysia, UK and China. As an Executive Producer, he works with different creative talents in the development of long and short-form content, and is also responsible for the financing, production and commercialisation of media content.

YOSHIYA AYUGAI (Singapore)

Yoshiya is a Writer/Producer for kids and family content working across the Asia Pacific region. Yoshiya is originally from Japan and has held development and production executive positions in Tokyo, LA, Hong Kong and in Singapore at Disney, Cartoon Network and Netflix, working with the most dynamic animation studios in the region.